Storage Comparison Table - Services for Research
Storage Comparison Table
Researchers get access to multiple storage options through CSC. The comparison table below helps to decide which storage solution is right for you. We recommend creating a data management plan when considering data storage options. If you have questions, our Service Desk provides personal guidance and expert support in choosing the right storage solution for your data.
- Services suitable for sensitive data are being developed.
- We also provision storage capacity (CEPH/NFS) on request.
Intended purpose | Currently available quotas* | Interfaces | Single user or project based access | Additional features | Service offered by | |
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Allas Object Storage | Platform independent data storage and sharing | 10 TB (more on request) | S3 and Swift clients. OpenStack Horizon web interface. | project group | Enables sharing data from the service | CSC |
Fairdata IDA Storage service | Storing and sharing stable data | Granted based on application (from 1 GB to around 100 TB) | Browser, CLI | project group | Enables sharing data from the service, persistent identifiers | MINEDU (service produced by CSC) |
Storage in CSC cloud environments | Temporary or persistent storage resources via virtual machines | 1 TB (more on request) | Block storage via virtual machine, big data frameworks (Hadoop, Spark) | project group | CSC | |
Project directories in Puhti supercomputer | Disk areas for processing data | 50 GB, 1 TB short term (more on request) | File system | project group | CSC | |
EUDAT B2DROP | Storing, sharing and syncing files | 20 GB | Browser, desktop | single user | Enables sharing data from the service, and publishing data in EUDAT B2SHARE service | EUDAT |
Kaivos - A relational database service | Data for applications utilizing relational databases | Up to tens of GBs | MariaDB database | project group | CSC |
* For more detailed information about available storage capacity, see the information on default quotas.